Vac Petroleum
Operator of record for 40 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: VAC Petroleum Co., Inc. · Vac Petroleum Company
At a glance
Vac Petroleum is the operator of record for 40 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 36 (90%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Kansas, with 40 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
40
Active
0
Plugged
36
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Kansas | 40 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 17
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Vac Petroleum operate?
Vac Petroleum's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: Kansas (40). Its 40 Kansas wells are 0.0% of the 473,140 catalogued in that state — its largest share of any state. Counts cover only states whose registries WellCensus has ingested with operator names; wells in Nebraska and Texas (location indexes) and in states without a registry ingest are not yet attributed to any operator.
How many of Vac Petroleum’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Vac Petroleum's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 90% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Vac Petroleum operate?
By product class, 17 (43%) are oil wells and 0 (0%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is Howell 3-17 in Pratt, KS at 5,805 ft. State filings spell the name 2 ways; WellCensus merges exact-normalized spellings only, so subsidiaries and affiliates keep their own pages.
Notable wells operated by Vac Petroleum
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howell 3-17 | 15-151-21702 | Other status | Other type | Pratt, KS | Vac Petroleum Company | 5,805 ft |
| Thompson 1 | 15-151-21680 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pratt, KS | Vac Petroleum Company | 4,996 ft |
| Howell 2-18 | 15-151-21660 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pratt, KS | VAC Petroleum Co., Inc. | 4,969 ft |
| Howell 1-17 | 15-151-21615 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pratt, KS | Vac Petroleum Company | 4,963 ft |
| Howell 3-18 | 15-151-21661 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pratt, KS | Vac Petroleum Company | 4,960 ft |
| Howell 1-23 | 15-151-21609 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pratt, KS | Vac Petroleum Company | 4,894 ft |
| Moore 1 | 15-151-21608 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pratt, KS | Vac Petroleum Company | 4,861 ft |
| Moore 2 | 15-151-21673 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pratt, KS | Vac Petroleum Company | 4,850 ft |
| Hewett 1 | 15-151-21750 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pratt, KS | Vac Petroleum Company | 4,834 ft |
| Bryan 1 | 15-151-21726 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pratt, KS | Vac Petroleum Company | 4,810 ft |
| Whitney 1 | 15-151-21725 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pratt, KS | Vac Petroleum Company | 4,770 ft |
| Farmer 1 | 15-151-21757 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pratt, KS | Vac Petroleum Company | 4,750 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Vac Petroleum operate?
Vac Petroleum is the operator of record for 40 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Kansas (40). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Vac Petroleum's wells are still active?
0 of Vac Petroleum's catalogued wells are active; 36 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Vac Petroleum operate wells?
Vac Petroleum is the operator of record for wells in Kansas (40).
Does Vac Petroleum operate mostly oil or gas wells?
17 of Vac Petroleum's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Vac Petroleum's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Howell 3-17 in Pratt, KS is the deepest at 5,805 ft.
Where Vac Petroleum's wells are
About this data
Source: State oil & gas regulator registries (operator of record as filed, exact-normalized across states) plus the USGS United States Documented Orphaned Well Database (2026), as published October 10, 2026 — WellCensus refreshes it monthly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: WellCensus, “Vac Petroleum — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/vac-petroleum-76920 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).